Oracle export file (also known as dump file) is a file system storage used for backup and recovery of Oracle database or its part. This file can be generated by standard Oracle tools IMP and IMPDP that are part of this DBMS installation. Dump files are also used to migrate database between different hardware platforms or versions of DBMS.
Sometimes Oracle exports files may become corrupted due to system failure, damage of media storage, virus activity, unexpected DBMS shutdown or network problem. Corrupted dump file cannot be imported back into database via standard tools like EXP or EXPDP, so very important data may be lost in such situations.
This article discovers different solutions to repair damaged Oracle dump files.
To recover database from corrupted dump file please follow these steps:
IMP username/password@database FROMUSER=dump_file_user TOUSER=new_db_user IGNORE=y FILE=path_to_dump_file.dmpIMPDP username/password@database REMAP_SCHEMA=source_schema:target_schema TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=REPLACE DUMPFILE=dump_file_name.dmpThis approach allows to repair Oracle export file with minor damages that do not affect DDL statements or any other important data. Otherwise, import tools may recover incomplete database or even terminate abnormally.
Specialists of Intelligent Converters have investigated format of Oracle export files (both EXP and EXPDP/datapump versions) in order to build conversion tools for it. Based on this knowledge the company offers data recovery service for damaged Oracle dump files. Working on very low level specialists of Intelligent Converters can recover all available data even from highly damaged files.
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